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- Most of us, by now, are aware that all sorts of crazy stuff is happening to the planet’s climate, and the blame is pretty much universally recognized as lying with humans pumping more and more carbon into the atmosphere...
- Through a new partnership and $72 million in funding, LanzaTech expands its carbon capture tech Wed, 7 Aug 19, 3:00pmFor nearly 15 years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel...
- Nissan and EVgo to add 200 fast chargers as more electric vehicles hit US roads Wed, 7 Aug 19, 2:02amNissan and EVgo said Tuesday they will install another 200 DC fast chargers in the United States to support the growing number of consumers who are buying electric vehicles, including the new Nissan Leaf e+ that came to market...
- Patrick Brown, the chief executive of Impossible Foods, is coming to Disrupt Tue, 6 Aug 19, 2:51amImpossible Foods is having quite the year. In the past seven months, the company has signed a nationwide deal with Burger King, weathered a demand surge that saw supplies dwindle and stocks of its signature Impossible burger...
- Didi Chuxing and oil giant BP team up to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China Thu, 1 Aug 19, 3:44pmRidesharing and transportation platform Didi Chuxing announced today that it has formed a joint venture with BP, the British gas, oil and energy company, to build electric-vehicle charging infrastructure in China...
- An autonomous robot EV charger is coming to San Francisco Fri, 2 Aug 19, 2:03amElectric-vehicle chargers today are designed for human drivers. Electrify America and San Francisco-based startup Stable are preparing for the day when humans are no longer behind the wheel. Electrify America, the entity...
- Tesla has a new energy product called Megapack Tue, 30 Jul 19, 8:50amTesla has launched a new utility-scale energy storage product called Megapack modeled after the giant battery system it deployed in South Australia as the company seeks to provide an alternative to natural gas “peaker”...
- Apple leads corporate American solar energy usage Thu, 25 Jul 19, 11:07pmApple led the way in solar usage as technology companies step up their development of renewable energy projects to offset their carbon emissions. That’s the word from the Solar Energy Industry Association in its latest...
- Tesla has begun preparations for Model Y production at its Fremont factory Thu, 25 Jul 19, 8:56amTesla has already started the preparations required to get production started on its forthcoming Model Y compact all-electric SUV, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...
- Tesla focuses on service with 25 new service centers in Q2, rate of new openings to ‘increase’ Thu, 25 Jul 19, 9:36amTesla is set to aggressively ramp up the rate at which it opens new service facilities, according to CEO Elon Musk’s guidance on the company’s Q2 2019 earnings call...
- Known for its electric scooters, Gogoro moves toward its future as a mobility platform Wed, 24 Jul 19, 2:05amSince the launch of its first electric scooter in 2015, Gogoro co-founder and CEO Horace Luke has frequently been asked when the startup is going to expand beyond Taiwan...
- Tesla’s new V3 Supercharger can charge up to 1,500 electric vehicles a day Fri, 19 Jul 19, 12:02pmTesla has opened a massive next-generation electric vehicle charging station in Las Vegas that combines the company’s core products into one sustainable energy ecosystem, fulfilling a vision CEO Elon Musk laid out nearly...
- The climate is our biggest threat. Carl Pope is fighting to change our fate Fri, 19 Jul 19, 3:22amMichael Bloomberg is an unrepentant capitalist who, as he says in his 2017 book A Climate of Hope, is “not exactly your stereotypical environmentalist.” Yet over the past decade, Bloomberg has become arguably the biggest...
- How Carl Pope helped drive a $500 million pledge to push the U.S. “Beyond Carbon” (Part 2) Fri, 19 Jul 19, 5:53amBillionaire businessman and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg recently pledged to rapidly spend $500 million in a bid to push the U.S. “Beyond Carbon,” aiming to end this country’s use of coal and natural gas power in...
- Tesla drops ‘Standard Range’ Model S and Model X, lowers prices of ‘Long Range’ variants and Model 3 Tue, 16 Jul 19, 10:49pmTesla has made a tweak to its model lineup, eliminating the entry-level ‘Standard Range’ variants of its Model S and Model X vehicles. The change means that it’s now more expensive overall to get into either...